Artfully Designed and Crafted Boats since 1978
Plans and Kits
Start with our precision CNC-cut hull kits and build out from there. For the adventurous woodsmith, we have plans available to guide you through a build you can truly call your own.
Devlin Custom Built Boats
Sam and his team of top-notch craftsmen can design and build the boat of your dreams. Literally. Dream it up, and they can deliver it in every detail.
Devlin Designing Boatbuilders
2424 Gravelly Beach Loop NW
Olympia, WA 98502
360-866-0164
All Downloadable Construction Plans – 25% Off – Holidays Sale!
Happy Holidays from Sam, Soitza, and the crew at Devlin Boat! We celebrate with 25% off all downloadable construction plans!
Duckling 17 Sailing Version Plans Available Now!
Both study plans and full construction plans for the new to our fleet Duckling 17 Sailing version are now available! The study plans include a few photos taken by the builder, Martin Chlad from the Czech Republic. The new plans for her build feature a boat that separates into two parts for easy transport to and from the water.
Black Brant III 15 – Newly Revised Plans Nov 2024!
If you need a duckboat to operate in shallower water, are traveling quite a distance from launch-ramp to the hunting area, and a couple of inches more of sitting blind height doesn’t hurt, then by all means choose the Devlin Black Brant III 15. Newly revised plans 11-19-2024!
Bluebill 12 – Newly Revised Plans Nov 2024!
The metric/imperial Bluebill 12 plans updated today! Available now! The Bluebill is a sneakbox style duckboat designed for a 20hp outboard, with a few key innovative features for better performance and utility.
Surf Runner 25
Recently Gary Brown home built a Surf Runner 25 and modified the design by adding more headroom in the cabin and an outboard instead of the diesel with an outdrive. Sam helped him with design modifications and he had a beautiful result. When you click on the photo above you’ll be taken a full description of the design with a link to Gary’s wonderful video of the finished boat.
Sam Interviewed – The Intriguing Origins of Devlin Boat !
Just in today!!! Sam’s recent Port Townsend interview on the origins and history of Devlin Boat. Check out this intriguing story today by clicking on the photo above to take you to the link to the interview.
Featured Design
Candlefish 16
The Candlefish 16 is a burdensome fishing skiff. Deep and seaworthy, it is wonderfully suited to life in our changeable weather and strong tides.
Getting Started
Polliwog 8
The Polliwog is a great entry into wooden boat building! With the Polliwog, we offer the amateur builder the opportunity to build a lightweight and strong dinghy or tender.
Power Cruisers
Sailboats
Fishing Boats
Work Boats
Duckboats
Rowing & Paddling
Devlin’s Boat Building Manual, 2023 revised edition, is a comprehensive how-to book on the Stitch-and-Glue technique. The first edition from 1996 sold more than 70,00 copies worldwide.
Sam, along with many thousands of backyard boatbuilders who have built fine boats from his plans, are firmly convinced that the the Stitch-and-Glue method is the easiest and quickest way to build a strong, lightweight, low-maintenance wooden boat hull. This book is the essential companion to any of Sam’s plans – or the first step in turning a dream into a boat.
This book is now available from Devlin Boat. Order here.
We ship only to the 48 contiguous states. For other destinations you can order the book from Amazon, They also will soon be offering Sam’s book in an “e-book” format.
About Devlin Boat Builders
This is where we encompass over forty years of focused development on a wide range of designs and the boating experiences they deliver, a uniquely evolved set of techniques to ensure a high quality, enduring vessel, and a sense of classic nautical design that manages to anchor in tradition while bringing the best of modern technology into your next boat.
Also, we invite you to register on the site and join the Devlin family discussion as we all find our way into the best of boating experiences on a Devlin designed boat.
